TESTIMONIALS

I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO BELIEVE ME, SINCE YOU PROBABLY THINK I'M JUST TRYING TO SELL MY INFORMATION; SO, Below are listed a SMALL PERCENTAGE of the statements made by persons who have personal experience with and direct evidence of the efficacy of The O'Connor Technique (tm) or the book, MAKING YOUR BAD BACK BETTER, by William T. O'Connor, M.D.
In the instance of professional persons, they have been willing to support their statements with their professional license numbers as a means of reinforcing the truth and conviction of their statements. What can be implied from those acts are that they are "willing to put their license on the line." in order to inform people of the benefits of this method.

I, knowlegable of the laws and penalties for perjury, do hereby swear that each of the persons quoted are real, honest, non-fraudulent, were not paid for their statements, and submitted these quotes of their own free will. ..................William T. O'Connor, M.D.

 

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HERE ARE SOME RECENT TESTIMONIALS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE O'CONNOR TECHNIQUE (tm) NOT ONLY CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AND PRACTICED FROM THE DOWNLOADABLE MATERIALS OR THE BOOK BUT SPINAL PAIN SUFFERERS WHO CAN MANAGE A VISIT TO VACAVILLE, CALIFORNIA ALSO GAIN IMMEDIATE RELIEF FROM A PRIVATE INSTRUCTION.

 

08/07/2006

Yes i thought i got some relief. I had a little trouble navigating back to the videos on the web page but found them informative and relieved the pain for me.

it seemed my back finally healed but there was still something on a nerve giving me pain. i did some self traction which gave me some pain, and popped my back by sitting in a chair and twisting. i have had complete relief after having pain for two years.

Thank you
Chris

08/04/2006--

Just wanted to say thanks.

For the past 3 weeks I've been dealing with lower back problems and radicular pain in my right thigh. Despite several appointments with specialists and physical therapists (and a disciplined personal routine based on the McKenzie approach) the pain in my right leg had become so excruciating that I could barely stand, sleep or display any semblance of productivity at my job. Unable to sleep, I stumbled across your website the night before last and tried the position you recommend for folks in acute pain. It was the only position I tried that permitted me to sleep. The next evening, and though I will admit I was a little skeptical of accepting medical advice from the web (and your home page does not do justice to the wealth of information you provide to paid subscribers), I purchased a subscription, employed the first maneuver you suggested for pain of my type and within 30 minutes had completely eradicated the pain in both my back and leg.

What impresses me most about your website is that it actually explains the physiological drivers of lower back pain in a manner that allows people to make intuitive, but informed, progress toward finding a treatment that will actually work to address the root cause of their particular symptoms. Since I first began seeking medical attention, I've been pestering my doctors and physical therapists to explain exactly what was wrong with me so that I could take a more proactive, self-determinative, approach toward treating this problem. I was unable to elicit any clear answers, and the ever-changing PT instructions I was given did not inspire much confidence that I was likely to receive any. Treating this problem on my own (based on the guidance from your website) represents an extraordinarily empowering culmination to what has been an otherwise painful and frustrating ordeal. At $15 (which is less than my co-pay), this subscription is unquestionably one of the best investments I've ever made.

Best,

CBD

(if you chose to post this, please keep my name/email anonymous.)

 

Dr. O'Connor,

I found a card that worked last night and bought a membership.

Watched the videos for neck and low back. We happen to have a therapy ball
already.

Wasn't able to determine where the pain was in the back by doing the
rotation diagnostic. This has been a problem for thirty years, off and on,
mostly on for the last five. In fact, I have avoided any activity that
required bending forward, squating, or sitting on the floor.

So, just started on right side and copied your demo.

Felt better right away. But the real test was laying on a 4" foam block on
my back with gluts on the floor placing the lower back in an arch.
Yesterday that was incredibly painful. Just did it with zero pain!!! Also
a feeling of ease is noticable in the lower back and sacrum. Able to move
with a freedom not possible for many years.

Thanks for the time and effort to put this on the internet. I've spent
thousands on messagers, vibrators, exercise systems, books, belts, balls,
rollers, orthotics, yoga lessons, doctors, chiropractors, etc. Nothing has
been this effective, cheap and simple.

I ordered special arch supports, tru-balance, last week that did allow the
big muscles in the lower back to relax. They had been about fifty percent
contracted for at least two decades. When this didn't reduce the pain I
searched the web yet again for relief using "self diagnose back pain" and
found your site.

All the Best,

Bob

P.S.: Have you considered having your portrait painted? I'd like to be the
one to do it. See my website below.

www.buildart.com

-----Original Message-----
From: William T. O'Connor [mailto:woconnor@inreach.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:29 PM
To: rbissett@meadowcrk.com
Subject: Re: membership

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4/24/2005

AN AFFIDAVIT
"Knowlegeable of the penalities for purjury I hereby swear that the forgoing is true, correct, and accurate to the best of my ability, Signed this day of April 24, 2005 in the County of Ventura, State Capital of California "

I sustained a whiplash injury in July 2004. I had immediate pain in my neck, which got worse as time passed. Nothing helped to relieve the pain. I had an MRI which showed a bulging disc and a disc with a mild extrusion, pressing on the spinal nerve. A neurosurgeon
recomended I have a cervical fusion. I was desperate to get out of pain and avoid surgery. I found Dr. O'connor's website. I tried some manueveurs and probably didn't do them correctly, but I got some relief. I visited Dr. O'connor's office the next week. He spent time with me, explaining everything, the injury, the manueveurs, and the healing process. He relieved the pain with a manueveur that put my disc back "in." I could feel immediatley the intense pain was gone and the muscles in my neck and shoulder were not in spasm. I would urge everyone with back or neck pain to use Dr. O'connor's technique. I feel as though I have my life back, thank you Dr. O'connor.
Thank you again,
Julie B (name withheld for confidentiality)

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02/09/2005 --To put the following in context, here is a physical therapist who was fully trained and licensed yet was unable to get out of pain until he was introduced to The O'Connor Technique (tm), substantiating the contention that my methodology is novel, unique, successful even in the elderly, and unavailable elsewhere (or he would have learned the technique in his training).

Dr. O’Connor,

Most nice to hear from you and I was actually thinking of writing you too.

My journey has been from your website to the study of the disks, collagen, Rolfing and the fasciae and connective system anatomy, physiology and relation to body mechanics. I’m convinced that human anatomy must be understood in this context. I can say your techniques gelled and directed a 20 year fascination with this.

As for my back, this is the first time in my life when I have been fully back pain free. I was not having major disk involvement leading to excess pain but had this tight, painful sensation every morning plus pain at work. After totally changing the way I stretched and exercised, according to your protocol, I am 98% pain free up from lets say 50%!

well, I have to say the proof is in the results (increased work productivity from pain free back) + increased athletic activity.

My neck has shown progress after doing your neck techniques. After a few months, I have nearly eliminated that ‘crunching’ sound, but not totally. I am thinking that the cervical nuclei are pretty well centered, as in the back, and what sound there is might be just vertebral facet grinding of a sorts.

My patients at Long Beach Memorial, P.T. have benefited also because I stress avoiding incorrect habits etc. etc., and of course tell them of your website hoping they find further guidance there. I’m frustrated so many times because many patients just refuse to try to understand their backs and how they must change ‘old habits’ that led them to where they are, but alas, what are we to do with human nature?

By the way, my 86 year old mother, who I care for, has also benefited from your techniques. I gave her my old office chair, and corrected her supine posture. Its amazing how pliable even an old scoliotic, arthritic back responds to short term posture correction.

Most Cordially,

Patrick Mathews

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01/03/ 2005

There is no better testimonial than diagnostic imaging evidence showing that a disc protrusion/extrusion can be resolved (reduced) by using The O'Connor Technique (tm). This patient, Ron M., obtained an NMRI in March of 2003 to determine the cause of his back pain.. The NMRI demonstrated two disc protrusions of the lumbar spine that were beginning to impact the nerves to his left leg. This is classic "sciatica" and a definate justification for surgery. .

Instead of resorting to surgery or using other therapies, he obtained the book, Making Your Bad Back Better and began applying The O'Connor Technique (tm) to his low back pain problem. He reported that he was able to rapidly alleviate the pain that shot down his left leg After experiencing definitive relief from his pain for about a year, he had another episode of pain and decided to avail himself of an NMRI that allowed standing flexion images to rule out spondylolisthesis. The second NMRI (on 11/17/2004) showed that the previously identified protrusion had resolved. .

There was "no evidence of disc herniation" as documented by the exerpts from the actual NMRI reports shown above.

He decided to obtain my professional consultation and with a personal, one-on-one session at my office, wherein he was taught how to optimize his MANEUVER technique, he was able to restore his range of motion and become instantly pain-free again. The entire report and record is on file in my office and can be produced if the claim that The O'Connor Technique (tm) can non-surgically, successfully, treat sciatica is ever challenged for its veracity. In fact, I would challenge anyone to find any similar report in the medical literature in which it is documented that a disc protrusion can be intentionally reduced (put back in place) without invasive techniques or surgery. Were that information readily available to the medical community at large, an enormous number of unnecessary surgeries would be prevented.

In summary, this person with sciatica (back pain that shoots down the leg) purchased my materials (the book), read it, got relief, and actually was able to put his own disc back "in" by himself and there is NMRI evidence to prove that the piece of disc material that was displaced was re-centralized. It took some "fine-tuning" of his technique when he had an additional, later, episode of pain, (which is not unusual considering the nature of the problem) but to my knowledge, he is still largely pain free to this date and gave me his permission to tell his story.

William T. O'Connor, M.D.

09/08/2004

My name is John Enos. After suffering for many years with re-occurring spasms in my lower back, I sought treatment for a extreme episode of pain in early 2003. Instead of just prescribing muscle relaxers + rest, Dr. O'Connor explained what I was experiencing and what to avoid doing on a daily basis. Because he was able to allow me to visualize my problem and provide his book with illustrations, I have been spasm free. In fact, I am now able to use the information in the book along with a fitted back brace to essentially maintain my own back health. I have avoided at least three spasms on my own. Dr. O'Connor's "method " is a GODSEND.
Signed: J.E.

 

06/07/04

AN AFFIDAVIT

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My name is JV (Full name on file). I am a career detective on the police force of a large Northern California city. I had no prior spinal pain in my life until I the unfortunate experience of falling backwards and landing upon my buttocks when a chair slipped out from under me at work. The injury not only caused immediate and severe pain to my back and legs (equal to or exceeding that of any previous painful experience) but caused me to be unable to move both of my lower extremities. I was literally paralyzed! I did not regain the use of my lower extremities (couldn't even wiggle my toes) until an hour later in the emergency room, where I was taken immediately after the accident strapped to a spine stabilization board. I was sent home in a wheelchair with my legs tingling; and the numbness didn't resolve until the next day. For several days afterwards, I was unable to function without excruciating pain. I was unable to stand erect without support and could only rest in an immobile position to receive any relief from the incessant pain. In discussions with my co-workers who suffer with back pain, some of whom underwent surgery, they were convinced, from their experience, that my only recourse would be surgical and even that option would leave me with the high probability of perpetual pain, ongoing painful and ineffective therapies, narcotic pain medicine dependence, and disability to which they had been committed by Fate.
To the contrary, I consider myself very fortunate to have coincidentally been placed into Dr. O'Connor's hands. Eleven days after the incident, I still could not sit without pain shooting down my left leg to my knee nor could I bear the weight of my body without unremitting pain. The positioning instructions given by Dr. O'Connor in his website, www.backpainoconnor.com was one of the few positions I could occupy that gave real relief. There is no doubt in my mind that he understood the cause of the mechanical problem facing me, clearly explained it to me, demonstrated the principles involved and educated me as to the common sense, easily comprehensible, means to manage the problem. He guided me through the "maneuver" in his office, with me doing most of the movements myself under his direction without applying any abrupt or pain-inducing force. As I stretched with his assistance according to his precise instructions and sequence, I could feel that the disc material within my spine was physically moved. His painless technique caused me to feel a gentle "pop" like effect that resulted in the instant relief of my leg and back pain that could not have reasonably been attributed to any other action other than his intervention. When I stood up, I had my full range of motion restored and about 90% of the pain was gone.
Dr. O'Connor, due to the severity of the injury and the neurological involvement obtained an NMRI before and after performing his "maneuver." He read me the "pre-maneuver" report that showed (as he predicted) the presence of an annular tear (a fissure in the intervertebral disc) and a disc bulge that was closing the hole in the spinal bones that the nerve to the leg passed through (foraminal narrowing), nearly identical to the diagrams in his book. He also read to me the "post-maneuver" radiology report findings of "a reduction in the size of the left neural foraminal disc protrusion and decrease in the left neural foraminal narrowing." I didn't need this conclusive, incontrovertible, physical, visual, proof to convince myself of the success of his technique because within five days, my pain had reduced from about a ten down to a two on a scale of one-to-ten; and, by three weeks after the fall, I only had a mild residual discomfort with sitting that was getting better every day.
I followed his easily understood principles and performed the maneuvers myself at home whenever I got stiffness, so that by 4 months after the injury, I can truthfully say that I had no pain whatsoever and was completely better. As his book promised, he made my "bad back better."
In comparison, I have watched four of my similarly-aged and physically-endowed co-workers retired with disability after having very similar back injury histories. No one will ever convince me that my pain relief was due to coincidence, luck, or that I would have gotten better eventually anyway without Dr. O'Connor's treatment.
Coincidentally, my wife was pregnant at around the same time; and she, too, was suffering from back pain. With a few of Dr. O'Connor's maneuvers, her pain resolved almost completely within a couple days. By applying Dr. O'Connor's method, she was able to go through the rest of her pregnancy and Caesarian delivery without substantial back pain, and if she did get it, she was able to immediately resolve it.
Neither of us care to imagine what life would have been like if Dr. O'Connor had not educated us in his method because we were facing the uncertain prospect of living a future with interminably aggravating, persistently disgruntling, and incomprehensible pain. Now, we can enjoy even the subtle pleasure of picking up our new baby.
Our experience with Dr. William T. O'Connor, Jr., M.D. is that he is both a conscientious physician as well as a true healer; and the representations that he makes about his ability to manage back pain are genuine, verifiable, and sincere. I would encourage anyone with back pain to explore his technique and not pass up the potential for relief. It is definitely gentle, easily understood, worth the effort to learn, and apparently safe if someone with my degree of damage can literally be made almost instantaneously and inexpensively better without requiring any rapid, violent, or forceful actions nor involving repetitious exercises or costly repeated visits to therapists.
Knowledgeable of the laws of perjury and the penalties thereof, I hereby swear that the above statements are true, correct, and accurate to the best of my ability. Signed this __4th___ day of ___JUNE______, 2004, County of Solano, City of Vacaville, State of California.

X____signature on original document____________________________

 

AN AFFIDAVIT

04/08/04

I am Mr. Clay Carter and this constitutes a response to Dr. O'Connor's request that I confirm the benefits of The O'Connor Technique ™ for persons who have back pain inadequately managed by "conventional" treatment modalities. As a 62 year old State Farm insurance agent, I felt myself to be reasonably knowledgeable about medical care availability and methodology; however, when I developed back pain due to an auto accident 2 years ago, I rapidly discovered the standard, routinely available, medical arts were largely inadequate for back pain. I found Chiropractic evaluation and manipulation unsatisfactory and actually aggravated the condition. I also tried the DRX-9000 machine without any benefit; and it, too, resulted in making the pain worse. My pain was so great that I could not stand up or even bend forward so much as to brush my teeth without debilitating, knee-collapsing back pain. I was literally crippled by a pain that shot all the way down my right leg. Judging from the length of time it had persisted, I had every reason to believe that this problem would be a lifetime horror story, especially since my NMRI demonstrated:

"a diffuse disc bulge and osteophytic ridge, along with a focally protruding left paracentral component. The leftward component does compress the exiting L5 nerve root within the neuroforamen and also possibly impinges the left S1 nerve root within the lateral recess."

As a result of these findings, I presumed that only surgery would be effective; and I resorted to a neurosurgical consultation. I was scheduled for a series of spinal epidural injections with a further plan in the works for obtaining Electromyography studies (EMG's). Acting on the presumption that spinal surgery would be the only ultimate means to reduce the pain sufficiently for me to return to anything close to normal function, I was preparing for a surgical intervention and its consequent painful and prolonged recovery disability without even the reassurance that it would solve the pain problem.
Then, on the advice of a friend, I approached Dr. O'Connor with my problem. I must admit I was initially skeptical, especially since my initial visit fell on Halloween; and my initial impression was made with him wearing his Druid costume. To my profound relief, within a grand total of about an hour and an half's time over two visits, he:

Accurately diagnosed the problem,
Explained the mechanism of injury,
Gave me the best understanding to date as to the source of the painful episodes,
Demonstrated the bio-mechanical actions of the damaged disc unit,
Performed his maneuvers on my low back in his office,
Taught me how to perform his maneuvers myself, and
Instructed me in the principles for preventing future pain and further deterioration .

I practiced his unique technique because after the second maneuver I recognized definite relief and within just a few weeks, I was overall 80% better and at times was 100% pain free. Now, I understand that I still have a lifelong back pain problem; however, as long as I adhere to his principles and avoid the mechanically disadvantageous actions he identified, I can keep myself out of pain. That alone is a tremendous relief because it took the frightening uncertainty away, leaving me with a sense of control over my problem, thus removing the tremendous fear I had facing surgery and continued debilitation.
Having been through the gamut of available treatment modalities for lumbar spine pain, I am convinced that my condition is not unique or mysterious, it is a very basic, understandable, problem and not impossible to self-manage. His approach to this age-old, common problem makes the most sense to me; and, therein, seemed most likely to have the highest probability of success. As I expressed to him, I am exceptionally grateful for his intervention that undoubtedly prevented me, thus far anyway, from resorting to surgery.
Signed: __________________________ Date: ________
Clay Carter,
Vacaville, California

 

Dr. O'Connor,
This is email is being sent to let you know of the great success I have had with the O'Connor Techniques. From time to time over the last 20 years I have had lower back problems. Every 3-4 years I would have a case of acute pain that required me to go to the doctor. Each time the doctors gave me muscle relaxer and a exercise sheet to strengthen my stomach muscles. I recently started taking martial art and started to experience back pain on a regular basis. The throws, exercise, tumbling, and other movements kept me in pain constantly. I was determined to stay in martial arts so I sought ways to deal with my back pain. I visited my wife's chiropractor and he proceeded to give me his assessment. This assessment was at a discount ($27.00) compared to the $120.00 (full price) he charged when I visited him years earlier. He gave me his findings and offered to sign me up for treatments. Treatments (Total of $1320) consisted of 32 visits to his office three times a week. After he told me he could not guarantee me the results (no misalignments), I decided to try something else.

Then I came across your website. I read through as much as I could on the website before buying the book. I focused on my specific problem (lower back, left side). I tried the maneuvers and got some improvements. On another occasion, after a strenuous martial arts testing I was experiencing tremendous lower back pain. I purposely waited a few days, not wanting to do any maneuvers while I was in pain. I used the rope, pillows, and bed. Within minutes I was able to move without pain. I have been very pleased with the results.

Thanks so much for spreading the word about the O'Connor Techniques. By the way, I finally discontinued martial arts. It was not worth the efforts to do it and risk causing serious back problems.

Terry Brown
Tele: 937-233-0333
E-Mail: tbrown4jc@sbcglobal.net

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02/06/04

AN AFFIDAVIT

To Whom it May Concern:

The pain started in my shoulder after a bicycle accident in September, 2002. Over time, it progressed to my neck. An MRI revealed a herniated disc. I was referred to a specialist who then referred me to another specialist and so on and so on. During this time, I was subjected to a plethora of treatments which included, but was not limited to, physical therapy, cortisone shots, and a myriad of pain medications.
Finally, I was referred to a surgeon who determined that the only way to fix my neck would be surgery. The operation would include taking a bone graft from my hip. I was expected to be out on disability anywhere form three weeks to six months, depending on the success of the operation and the ensuing therapy.
For several months, we played politics with doctors groups and health plans, trying to get an approval for surgery. I was becoming increasingly frustrated and was ready to try anything that would relieve the constant pain in my neck.
While visiting Dr. O'Connor for a separate condition in November 2003, I informed him that I was still having problems with my neck with no relief in sight. He asked if I would be interested in allowing him to try a new technique he had discovered and performed successfully on a handful of other patients. I figured that after more than a year of getting nowhere, I didn't have much to lose so we scheduled an appointment.
On November 19, I walked into the doctor's office, curious as to what the appointment may entail. What happened next was nothing short of a miracle. I laid down on the table and followed Dr. O'Connor's directions. After a series of manipulations of my head, neck and body, I stood up and stepped away from the table. I was pain free! No more burning sensations, no more daggers of pain shooting through my neck, no more rotational limitations. It was absolutely amazing. I was dumbfounded. My wife, who had accompanied me to the appointment, was also stunned. In less than twenty minutes, Dr. O'Connor was able to fix a condition that no other "specialist" had been able to relieve. Three months later, I am still pain free.
It has been called to my attention that neither Hills Physicians nor Pacificare will recognize this treatment as a legitimate option. This is nothing short of a tragedy. In these times when a patient gets the care his health plan determines they can afford rather than the care the patient needs, why wouldn't they approve such a low cost option? Think of the money spent - paying for multiple doctors, prescriptions, x-rays, cortisone shots, etc. , over the course of one year (never mind my personal cost of lost work time, family time, deterioration of health and hours spent on the phone trying to get some relief)...it's enough to make you sick.

Eric J. Ewald
2/05/04

 

01/08/04

To Whom:

I have had low back pain for 4 years, the last year and a half at least once a week I went to a Chiropractor. Six months ago, I presented the problem to Dr. O'Connor. In a single visit, he alleviated my back pain instantly; and I have not had a problem since. I use his technique about once a week on my bed and obey his Principles with very successful results that I cannot attribute to anything other than his method.

--James R. Elliot

In gratitude, this patient agreed to answer individual questions about Dr. O'Connor from his personal experience:

JRElliot@pacbell.net

 

 

11/08/03

I have seen you twice now at your office in Vacaville. I have your book and am managing a sciatic problem nicely, using your maneuvers.

I sent a copy of your book to my mother-in-law, Madelyn F (name deleted for confidentiality). She has made an appointment to see you late this month, while they are visiting us in Sonoma County for Thanksgiving. She lives in Los Angeles. I plan to come with her when she sees you for the appointment. She is taking pain medications now for her back pain and has had surgery recommended to relieve the pain. I hope that she will bring her MRI’s with her for the appointment.

I plan to listen in as you consult with her, if you don’t mind, just to help her later understand the maneuvers that you may propose. We’ll have to see first if you think she is a good candidate for your methods. Thanks, Tom H.

09/2/03

I JUST DISCOVERED THAT SINCE I TOOK MY BOOK OFF AMAZON.COM AND STOPPED SUPPLYING IT TO DISTRIBUTORS, (BECAUSE I AM RUNNING OUT OF COPIES) IT'S RESALE VALUE HAS ESCALATED. I SUSPECT THIS IS SOMEWHAT MORE CLOSE TO ITS TRUE MARKET VALUE. YOU NEEDN'T BELIEVE ME, GO SEE FOR YOURSELF:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0966499115/ref=lib_rd_btb/102-1669469-6473708?v=glance&s=books

09/02/03

Testimonial:
Dear Dr. O'Connor,
Its been 6 months now since I came to visit your office and I am glad to say things have changed dramatically. After reading your book and visiting you in person, your techniques have given me new freedoms after suffering with back pain for over 3 years! My visit to you (from Texas) was very productive as you were able to get my disk back in. Things progressed as I was able to return to serious cycling, a life long passion of mine. I was able to go and watch the Tour de France this past July and ride Hors Category mountains (hardest climbs in Europe) with no major problems. I had an unforgettable trip. But being the competitive person I am, I pushed it a little too hard and pushed the disk out while I was there. Upon returning home, I began using your maneuvers and was able to get my disk back into place and felt the best I felt if over 3 years. Having the knowledge and confidence to be able to "work" my disk back into place, has change my life. Thank you for your techniques, maneuvers, knowledge, and willingness to educate others on how they can deal with disk problems. Best of luck with your continued work.
Patrick McGrath

07/22/03

Hello!

I am back home on my own mattress. I think that helps a lot. I still
have twinges but I can now play the piano and run (pretty damn fast
too!!) without pain on impact and the twinges are slowly getting better
too. I feel so much better physically and psychologically now that I
am back to running every day. I just need to get back the conditioning
I lost with three and a half months off of running. I will continue
with the maneuvers I learned from your method as needed. I try to avoid
harmful moves in my lifestyle as well. Some of my friends think your
book is very interesting. Thank you very much. Hope you enjoyed the
country fair. I was unable to get tickets.

C. Dick

 

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 22:17:32 +0900
From: "À¯ÁøÈñ" <JinJin42@hitel.net>
To: woconnor@inreach.com
Subject: About your technique

Hellow? My name is Glen. I am a Chiropractor. I practice Chiropractic in other country. In my country, Chiropractic is not insurance based(no PI cases). Thus, only very sick patients seek me for help. I considered my self a "great healer" because I could able to help my patients over 95 % by using Applied Kinesology and Chiropractic neurology techinque. However, there seems to me that some patients that no matter what I do, it doesn't seem to help them. I read your book and applied your technique to the patient whom I couldn't help. I was astonished because the patient's low back pain and her leg pain was gone right away. I personally respect your work because it works! I now use your technique to every patients who come to my clinic. Suprisingly, I only have to treat new patient 4-5 times. Before I mix your technique, It usually took me 10-16 visit to treat a patient. What I'm trying to say is that I was amazed how you created your technique and I am 100% positive that it works. Once again, I thank you beca use I could able to help my patients far better than before.

O6/23/03

I learned about your ideas early this year. I have had significant sciatic problems for a couple of years and was losing weight in order to see if my sciatic symptoms would be improved after the weight loss. I finally went to your website and ordered your book. And soon after that, I called your office and made an appointment. I saw you at your office in March of this year, I believe. The office visit and demonstration was especially helpful in learning the particulars of my situation with the lower back.

It’s been a tremendous help to me to be able to handle occasional flare-ups of a disc that moves out and causes some pain. I refer to your book on a regular basis to learn more. I don’t take ibuprofen on a regular, daily basis like I was before I lost the weight. I have taken a jog recently to see how it would go. I haven’t done that in 2 years. It went fine, no residual pain or inflammation at all. I will keep trying it out and hope to build a routine again, since I always enjoy a jog and a sweat.

Today I ordered a book to be sent to my Mother-in-law in Los Angeles. She has already had a surgery up in the neck area and although it was difficult to recover from, she feels that she needed it to get relief. But now the MD is talking about a lower back surgery since she is having sciatic problems for the first time. This is not something that she wants to think about. She is now 78 years old.

I figure that she might as well have a chance to try out your thinking and see if it is an alternative that can help her. If she is interested, I will recommend that she perhaps visit you the next time they travel to Nor. Cal. to visit us.

Anyway, I enjoy your book, there is so much there to pay attention to. I had come to be afraid of the state of my discs, that they were shot, or at least one was. But you offered me the idea that I just needed to work at getting them back where they belong. Yes, they move around a bit, depending on what I do to them, but they aren’t shot, and it gives me a whole new outlook on my situation.

Thanks, again. Tom Havstad

05/27/03

Hello Dr. O'Connor,

Perhaps you'll remember me -- I came to see you on the 22nd of Nov last year (I always remember that date -- the Kennedy assassination). I agreed to send you my comments on the experience, so here they are at last:

I just wanted to pass along my sincere thanks for the invaluable help you rendered for my lower back pain and a very painful left leg. I had injured my back in April 2002, at the age of 48, while removing heavy luggage from the trunk of my car, and things got worse over the following month as my leg developed pain and my foot went numb. I visited a doctor, 2 chiropractors and a physiotherapist many times over the next few months, without accurate diagnosis or improvement to my condition, but a much lighter pocketbook. It wasn't until I found your website in the fall that things began to improve. I obtained an MRI at my own expense, which showed conclusively that I had a herniated L5-S1 disc, then I subscribed to your website, read the web-book and tried the hip-hang maneuver. The second attempt resulted immediately in the loss of foot numbness and half of the leg pain. At this point I booked an appointment at your clinic to coincide with a business trip to San Francisco.

The outcome of my visit was more than I could have hoped for -- you directed me through a series of maneuvers over an hour's time, without even laying a finger on me. When I was finally back on my feet, I was without any leg pain at all and most of the pain was gone from my lower back. You suggested that there might be some residual nerve damage from the length of time that it was under compression, and so far there is little or no indication of that being the case. The remaining lower back pain has gradually diminished to be almost unnoticeable over the 6 months since my visit.

What I'm most thankful for is that I've been able to resume my physical activities (with a little extra care!). I've been skiing 15 times, beginning 2 weeks after my appointment, and I'm now hiking and bicycling again, all with no problems whatsoever. I'm sure there are countless others with my condition that could benefit in a similar way, and to them I say, don't wait! The sooner a disc herniation is dealt with, the easier it will be to correct it and the sooner you will be able to enjoy life again.

Thanks again for everything,

David G. Higgins
Calgary, Alberta
Canada

dhiggins@pathwayconnect.com

 

TO SEE MR HIGGINS NMRI TO COMPARE IT TO YOUR OWN, SCROLL DOWN TO THE NMRI IMAGE ON 09/30/2002.

 

04/01/03

I have experienced bouts of extreme back pain and thought surgery would be the only relief. After reading Dr. O'Connor's book and using his techniques, I am now able to put my damaged disk back into place on my own and achieve instant relief.

Wyatt B R____

03/10/03

Dr. O’Connor,

My wife and I received your book, “Making Your Bad Back Better” a few days ago and we wanted to tell you that both of our back problems are gone since we applied your maneuvers. My wife had been to her chiropractor for spine adjustments with no real improvement but was feeling great after completing one maneuver from your book. I have a chronic problem with my middle-upper back and am very pleased that I can now quickly and easily adjust my spine so that it is in proper alignment and I feel great. Thanks for the valuable information!

Steve & Margarita S

 

03/08/03 (ACTUALLY, THIS PERSON CAME TO ME FOR A PERSONAL CONSULTATION AND DEMONSTRATION)

Dr. O'Connor,
I haven't written yet as I was delaying so I could
give you a more complete update. Since last weeks
treatment I have had a steady decrease in pain in the
area. I had localized pain for several days,
associated with (what I think is)ligament and fibrous
tissue damage & swelling. That pain seems to be
lessening. The disc has been staying in and diag.
circumduction has been good. Every once and a while
if I bend funny I feel a very slight nerve sensation
down my leg, but very very slight. I've been running
without any problems and have
begun experimenting with my bike position, I think I'm
going to be able to get it
to work ok. I have ridden very easy on my trainer a
few times without any major pain or ramifications. I
have a little periformis muscle (in the low/middle
buttocks running down behind the top of the leg to the
top of my hamstring area) tension which maybe from
working out. We'll see how that developes. I've been
working on my form and posture. Its coming along
nicely. My body seems to be adapting well. The back
brace is working good. I'm still wearing it everyday
thru next week and then I'll wear it at night.
Overall I'm definitely improving. Feel like now I'm
just working out the kinks and taking it day by day.
Thanks for all your support, and I'll touch base next
week. Any additional suggestions or comments.
Patrick

COMPARE THE ABOVE WITH HIS FIRST E-MAIL ON 02/10/03:

Last weekend I registered for your webbook and am
working through trying to centralize a disk I believe
to be "not right". I've been suffering in and out of
back pain for two years. I've done accupuncture,
massage, chiropractic care and have not been cured
yet. Everything I've read so far indicates that I
have a disc situation. Last night I tried the hip
hang and wasn't able to get it "in" place, but felt
the symptons of the ligaments pulling and relocating
the pain to the disc. The more of your material I
read and work through the more excited I am about
getting things into place after a long 2 year
struggle. I have a few questions. I am a bicycle
racer and do alot of athletics. Should I hold off
doing any exercising (bicycle riding) until I'm able
to get the disk in? Maybe running or rollerblading
would be okay since I'm not bent over as much?
Appreciate your thoughts. Is it not unusual for it to
take a few attempts to get the disk in place being new
to the manuvers and techniques involved? Also, wanted
to let you know some of the pictures on the webbook
are upside down and put in backwards. Not a major
inconvience but wanted to let you know. Thanks for
your help and looking forward to getting back to you
with more good news soon.
Patrick M______

Dr. O'Connor,
Thank you for your previous responses. In your last
email you asked if I have had an NMRI done. No, I
have not. My previous care has been limited to
massage, chiro, and accupuncture with some results,
but none lasting. I also have to pay for the entire
NMRI as our deductible is $5000. I have a few specific
?'s regarding my present situation. To quick refresh
you I've been struggling for 2 years with this injury.
I came across your techniques and began approx. 2
weeks ago. My 2nd hip hang brought some relief (day
2) and then it tapered off after doing a 3rd hip hang,
moslem prayer, and pillow assisted manuever(day5) I
decided to take a few days and let things "settle" in.
During those days I continued to do therap. circum.
On day 7 (last Sunday) I was flying a kite with my son
and I circumducted and felt something "slide" into
place and I felt relief. Diag. circum. seemed to be
less painful in the 8,7 & 6 oclock areas. I tried to
take it easy next few days and continued feeling
relief but then got the area specific pain you
described (what I think was ligamnet strain). I then
took it easy the next few days to see where things
were going. A few things at work were a little more
strenous than I would have liked(nothing too crazy),
but had to do them. The last few days I have been
still feeling the localized pain on my left side, but
have begun feeling pain on my right side. Circum. done
this evening seems to me that the pain on my left side
is at 7:30 (if you will allow) 7&6 (seems more to the
center of my back than before) and now (new) at
5:30,5,& up to 4. It doesn't seem to be as bad as
"before" my disk (I think) moved in, but still pain is
there. Last night I did a hip hang (beginning left
side up) and did not seem to have any dramatic
results. I was still sore on the right side and a
little on the left side. All this time too, I have
begun to work on my dynamic positioning. If I am
understanding you correctly, it is a life style
change. How I get out of bed, stand, sit, drive, eat,
hold my kids, lift etc. I'm actually pulling it off.
I'm the kind of person that gets a new idea and
implements once I'm "sold". I'm sold on this idea and
your thoughts and am doing it consistently throughout
my day. I've still been experimenting with a lumbar
support while I sleep too.

03/08/03

BETTER TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS WITH BACK PAIN ABOUT MY WEBSITE VERY FAST, IT WOULD APPEAR THE CHIROPRACTORS ARE GOING TO TRY TO STOP ME IF THIS MAN'S THREAT IS SUCCESSFUL. I PUBLISH THIS SINCE IT'S CAUSTIC AND VIRULENT VITRIOLE EVIDENCES THE THREAT MY TECHNIQUE POSES AND THE FEAR CHIROPRACTORS HAVE OF MY TECHNIQUE COMING INTO WIDESPREAD USE, AND IF YOU WANT TO ACCEPT HIS ADMONITIONS, YOU MAY TAKE THIS AS A RECOMMENDATION AGAINST SELF-MANIPULATION. NO ONE CAN SAY I DIDN'T GIVE THE CHIROPRACTORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIER OPINIONS VOICED.

Dear Mr.O'Connor: I hesitate to call you Doctor after scanning your totally unprofessional and unethical web site.Do you even have a practice? (If it is listed on your site, the nausea I felt after reading just snipets of your travesty precluded me from searching further.) You are nothing more than a MEDICAL TERRORIST on the same par with the Saddam Hussein's & Bin Ladens of the world, you trade and feed off the fears and pains of others by unfairly criticising the profession of Chiropractic which in name has been successfully alleviating pain & suffering for now over 107 years. And if you check your medical history books(Assuming you did'nt get your degree on-line or from some off-shore medical college) the ART & SCIENCE of manipulation has been around since the time of Hippocrates(You've heard of him - right? OR did you not take that "OATH") and if you remember correctly a little profession known as Osteopathy proliferated during the middle 19th century some 20 years pre-dating the foundation of Chiropractic.The only reason Ostepathy gradually disappeared is not because of it's lack of efficacy, but because Chiropractors offered a better diagnostic and treatment protocal that resulted in more people getting well and staying that way. For you to simplify the Chiropractic model into a series of "crunchings" of the spine only serves to point up your ignorance. One must assume that a Chiropractic Physician must have successfully treated many of your patient's leading them to realise that an allopaths predilection to the prescription pad of poison is a one way ticket down the road of ever increasing dosages and additional drugs to counteract the initial meds prescribed. Mr. O'Connor you should be soundly disiplined be whatever ruling body that governs your area, your unprofessionalism smacks of a mid-20th century mentality. Either you are very old or you are very ignorant. Of course there is always the possiblity that your diatribe is motivated by money.Thinking you can squeeze a few schekles out of an unsuspecting public by selling them nothing more than a glorified stretching regimen. I suppose if you had really done your homework, you may have discovered a little anitomical structure know as the "Recurrent Meningeal Nerve" which has been scientifically documented to show to transmit pain signals from it's innervation in the articular capsule of the facet joint back to the spinal chord. Maybe you have'nt also heard of the "American College of Dentistry" (Yes, even the Dentists have discovered the validity of Manipulation) study on cadavers from the late 90's documenting the existance of a sub-occipital nerve connecting the occipital/cervical junction to the duramater of the brain stem- thus lending creedence to the relation between upper cervical subluxations and the various forms of Cephalgia. Mr. O'Connor, I was beginning to believe that the passage of time was beginning to see a weeding out of people like you, obviously not. The thinnly disguised intent of your web site is to smear a body of work and the dedicated PROFESSIONALS that practice it to only further your own financial gain. Let me just relate 3 instances where patient's and friends tried to self manipulate themselves. The most dramatic was that of a (at the time) fellow student that dislocated his own Cervical spine after trying to "adjust himself" and ended up in the hospital. The second is that of a current patient that was given the old "half nelson" maneuver by a friend that resulted in a broken rib. And the third is that of an old patient that was self manipulating his neck everyday resulting in widespread crepitus and a gradual worsening of a global headache pattern. And upon my recommendation, this patient has stopped this practice of too much maipulation(DOES THIS SUPRISE YOU) and only gets treated when he feels an episode coming on (He is now some 2 years since the last one).Your web-site will create a generation of the old "knuckle crackers" that do not know what they are doing and will result in a epidemic of ligementous instability in the short term and the very real potential for osteoarthritis of the chronically weakened joint spaces (later in life) you are advising people to disarticulate daily. My hope is that the ruling bodies of my profession will take the threat you impose as very serious and bring to bear the full legal powers they posses to stop you and your attacks. I plan to forward your site to the "American Chiropractic Association" (Maybe Mr. Chester Wilk wants a word with you) as well as the "International Chiropractic Association" and "World Chiropractic Oraganization". Good day and you'll be hearing from us.........

Billy: Thank you for your intelligent,well thought out reply. I checked your resume and I find that you are a very learned man, it's unfortunate that you have secumed to the side effects of all the motrin,naprosyn,flexeril,percocet & oxycontin that you have prescribed yourself. The threat that you speak of is most certainly that of someone practicing Chiropractic without a license. Your right, this is America, which also means that the laws instituted by the state & federal governments have aknowledged the benefits of Chiropractic, by LICENSED CHIROPRACTORS. You have commited the most simplistic of legal gafs. If your tome had been titled "Home Manipulative Techniques" or "Do It Yourself Spinal Traction Therapies" - I doubt we would be having this discussion. But again, as in your reply you've tipped your hand that the only means to your gain is the almighty dollar. Your little booklet is hardly a threat to my profession, but it is a very real threat to the unprotected masses that will attempt the dangerous maneuvers you describe. I have several RPT's as patient's and they are more than adequate in their manipulative techniques- but you know what, they still seek out treatment from me because in their own words, they just feel more comfortable being "adjusted" by someone with all the training necessary to properly diagnose the level & direction of the subluxated segment. You should also do some more research into the actual "subluxation" itself. I suggest you look up the "Houston Conference" study that identified 18 (EIGHTEEN) different ways that a spinal segment may misalign. Your pamphlet advises a willy nilly approach to just making some noise emminate from someones back. God only knows how many people you have already injured and what the potential for further injury is. You know as well as I that many people who just "can't get the thing to move" will try some incorrect proceedure that could result in (AS I TOLD YOU IN MY FIRST E-MAIL) a broken bone or perhaps even a Vertebral Artery Injury. I'll have you know that I thoroughly screen every patient before they are manipulated ,especially their cervical spine. I'm sure your epic masterpiece comes w/ a two way mirror allowing you to diagnose before treatment. You speak of a placebo phenomena in your book and I'm absolutely convinced that whatever "testimonials" that you speak of ,have to be people that fall into this catagory, You can't be so ignorant to think that the placebo affect has'nt cropped up in the people that have fallen victim to your "teachings' too. I'm well aware of it in all healthcare(ESPECIALLY IN THE PRESCRIBING OF MEDICATIONS--IS THIS WHY YOU'VE TURNED YOUR BACK ON "YOUR PROFESSION"?)---you just want to ascribe any positive feedback to justify your intent, which once again you've revealed is to make more money and not "the good of the patient". But also it seems your hell-bent on destroying the Chiropractic Profession., which is sad.I thought that people of your ilk were a dying breed,but the "long & green" once again rears is ugly head and provokes this kind of hatred and falsehood to find it's way to the general public. Mr. O'Connor you are an anachronism, a dinosaur, you would be better suited to have lived in the 1920's when your collegues "CONSPIRED" to destroy my profession. You are simly a tool (A BIG "TOOL") in the AMA's continued subversive ways. I hope your "superior intelligence" has crossed all the t's and dotted all the i's on the legal front, yep' it's America, the publicity we will get from this will be enormous as well. Hope you enjoy some of the pending reviews coming your way to the on-line book services.

Laughing at you Constantly, Dr. David S. Pugliese Chiropractic Physician

 

022103

Got your book last p.m. tried figure 12 on pg. 239. It popped finally.Why don't they know about this in Omaha,Nebraska? I've had therapy,2epidurals,anMRI,DRX9000,demeral,skelaxin,mobic,vicodin,
ibuprophen,prevacid,and nexium.Dr.Franklin said he hadn't heard of your book.
I can sit,stand,and bend and straighten back up now.Hope this lasts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--- Roberta H____

01/02/2003

dr oconnor..well i did finally get into your website.....and downloaded and printed the entire materials.......there is still a problem with the server however...
i must tell you that this material is the very best i have ever read concerning techniques for aiding back pain sufferers....really good stuff...my wife has several prolapsed discs and has already terrific pain relief with your information.
i am a retired anesthesiologist here in sarasota.....my wife has had mris...cat scans...etc..showing her pathology.....but what amazes me is the indifference to her pain shown by both general orthopedists..and those trained in spinal techniqes.....also...the physical therapists did more to hurt her than to help her.....and if the surgeons dont offer a surgical solution...they offer nothing else..except epidural steroids..which sometimes help...and pain meds......so i am sure many people are out there just living with this severe pain.......despite the magnitude of the defect.........your book is terrific...beautifully written.....
i wanted to ask you one question if i may....have you heard of the Vax-D techniques..and if so..what do you think of it...i read some journal articles from a texas hospital..and then....by coincidence discovered that this technique has become commercialized...there is a pain clinic in tampa which has a table to apply the intermittent traction.....and am thinking of taking my wife there next week...but would enjoy your comments , if you have the time..before i go...

many many thanks for a beautifully written discourse...

dave m______ M.D. sarasota, florida.....

12/26/02

Dear Colleague,

I want you to know that I find your technique very valuable. It is indeed
revolutionary. For various reasons I did not have opportunity to work with
back patients until lately. Now I had some really pronounced acute disc
herniation cases who responded in a marvellous way.

Best regards,
Jaan S_______
and
Merry Christmas

SAVED FROM THE SURGEON

10/07/02
Dr. O'Connor,
I feel blessed and honored to have found your website through word searching. I live over here in Tracy and I recently have been diagnosed with a very large herniated disc between L4 and 5. As an mother, grandmother and athlete (yes) I have had lumbar pain for most of my life but nothing could have prepared me for this summer. I injured myself in May and only those of you that have been there can understand my ordeal. Finally, last week, I recieved an MRI through Kaiser after pleading with them that my pain was so great I could not sit beginning the first several weeks after the injury. I am scheduled to meet with a neurosurgeon next week in Sacramento. My situation may be more complicated than just the herniated disc(s). In any event, I think I would like to make the trip over to your office, with my radiographs and the written results of the MRI (when I secure it) for an evaluation. I will probably order your book when I am finished with this message. What would you charge for this kind of visit and do you ever see folks on Saturdays? Sincerley, Betsy R (Last name witheld but available if proof required)

10/09/02

Dr. O'Connor,
Your book arrived in Tracy today and I am short of obsessed with your hard work and dedication to find a practical solution to our pain. I briefly mentioned what the findings were in my situation, I would like to know if I should continue with the manuevers which ARE helping greatly. As there were some cases (I read back to front and there are 400 pages to go through...I may not sleep tonight....) particularly hyperextension injuries that may not be relieved. For me, it is a large rt paracentral protruding/extruded disc, mostly caudal migration, significantly compressing the thecal sac at that level and compromising rt lateral recess of L5. Together with hypertrophic ligamentum flavum is causing severe spinal stenosis, L5. Can you suggest the best 21st century surgery for this that Kaiser can apply or is it time to switch our health coverage? Do I necessarily need surgery? I'm a fit 46 yr old female that has born 5 children and additionally have an active lifestyle. But you know of course, life for me sortof ceased to exist sometime in June this summer. The box that I unwisely moved while visiting relatives was WAY too large and I may have been in a hyperextended state when I felt the "twinge" while carrying it down the stairs.

10/22/02
Dr. O'Connor, William, Bill
I will never be able to repay you for the information you have so skillfully, intuitively provided in your book. I particularly found the clown illustrations to be beneficial. While laboring to not tell you more about myself, I can relay that I was more than prepared to speak with the neurosurgeon at Kaiser Sacramento last week regarding my extruded disc problem. I mentioned your name hoping to get a rise out of him but he hadn't heard of you. (typical of these doctors fresh out of med school who will not read anything of the 21st century upon graduation until necessary). If there is such a thing as a saint, you have met the criteria in my lessons observed in this journey we call "life". May you have peace. May you have prosperity. And above all, may you have love.
When I am listening to the radio, I am a KGO fan and have called in several times over the years. The reception however doesn't come in very well out here unless you're in a car. BUT, everyone I know and will know, will happen upon your findings as I have gone from a constant 8 (10 being greatest on the scale of my pain) to about a nagging 1 here and there.

My flexion without traction is still difficult at best but I am virtually pain free, standing, walking etc... By using the correct movements to pick up items, get out of cars, BALE HAY, I am almost back in the game. The accident itself was enough to change my life and the way I move, but it's just about a ressurection experience for me to be able to somewhat delicately go on. Hey! I did the dishes this morning!

I stopped having a sciatica pain that would last for hours upon waking; I stopped feeling this (that would cause me to limp) on about the 5th active day of applying the manuevers.

However, the pain in my back was instantaneously relieved. I have gotten so much better that it is becoming easy to neglect my manuevering sessions. My family, having endured this journey towards wellness with me, knows what I mean when I say,"Later, gotta go to traction...."

Your friend, Betsy R. in Tracy, CA

 

09/30/2002

Hi Doctor,

Thanks for the detailed response. I tried the "Hip-Hang" maneuver twice over the weekend and have noticeable improvement in leg pain and about 50% less foot numbness. Moreover, a painful ankle had been preventing me from walking more than a couple of blocks, and I was able to do a hike of 10 km after the second attempt, with no ankle pain! My lumbar area still seems sore, though, so I'm taking it easy w.r.t. flexing, extending and sitting. If the nerve root in question is "damaged", however slightly, does it repair itself over time or is it likely I would still have numbness and weakness on that side for the foreseeable future?

Thanks again and I might come to visit your clinic at some point -- looks from your area code like you're near Sacramento, and I do get to the S.F. area once in a while on business (I live in Canada). Depends upon how effective I am at applying your techniques and (obviously) how well the injury responds and maintains itself.

Please use the following CC info to bill me your $100 fee for the diagnosis:

Thanks again for your invaluable help!!

D. H *

* AS A FOLLOW-UP, THIS PATIENT STILL HAD A PAIN THAT WENT DOWN TO HIS FOOT, AND HE WAS WORRIED THAT HE MIGHT BE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. SINCE HE COULD COME TO CALIFORNIA, HE WANTED TO BE SURE HE WAS DOING THE MANEUVERS CORRECTLY. SO, HE CAME TO MY CLINIC WITH THE BELOW NMRI

HIS NMRI DEMONSTRATES THE DEGREE OF PROTRUSION THAT CAN BE INSTANTLY MADE PAIN FREE THROUGH THE USE OF THE OCONNOR TECHNIQUE.. THIS MAN WALKED INTO MY OFFICE WITH THE PROTRUSION THAT CAN BE SEEN AT L5-S1. HE COMPLAINED OF PERSISTANT PAIN THAT WENT DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF HIS LEG. HE LEFT THE OFFICE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER WITHOUT PAIN AND WITH FULLY RESTORED RANGE OF MOTION.

08/27/02

I just want everyone to know how much your technic has helped me.Tho the pain returns now and then
I now have your book to guide me to relief.
Thank you Dr. for writting the book.
I have a clear understanding of how the back works and what to do if its starts hurting. I'm now sharing with others all that I have learned, and I tell them of the book . I just finished talking to a lady who called and was in pain.I shared with her how
to lay in the bed and put her back in traction. She obtained relief right away! She is going to order your book
to get the big picture. Again thanks for your help. I believe I can live with my back now too.
Regards,
Henry Campbell
vasda@juno.com

07/19/02

William,

I hope you had an excellent vacation! We all need more of those. Sorry for the silly help message. I did find the logon in the membership area. I was hurting so bad at the time my rational thinking was diminished.

I was diagnosed with degenerative disk disease in the C-5, C-6, and C-7 section of the cervical spine two weeks ago. All surrounding muscles cramped and I became an official back sufferer. Also, I have referred sensitivity in the medial nerve of the right shoulder and arm. I had an MRI done and I have a consultation with a neuro surgeon next week. I'll get my MRI data next week to take to the surgeon.

I have used your cervical techniques for 6 days. I've had absolutely amazing results! I did feel a large disk material move on the 4th day. Obviously, damage still exists. I can hear it and feel it but the referred nerve sensation has GREATLY minimized and the pain has reduced approximately 95%.

This is a extremely difficult time for me. My daughter continues to fight an extremely aggressive version of Crohn's disease and my wife has started to have head tremors and memory loss. At the age of 45, I feel like my world is coming to and end. I am the sole financial provider for my family and this issue with my spine cannot interfere with my work. I would greatly appreciate any advice at this juncture of my injury journey. Of course, I will at no point hold you liable for any/all responses pertaining to this issue.

I have already convinced 3 people to become members of you sight. I am just getting involved with you products/knowledge and I am totally impressed and in awe of everything you are doing! Thank you William O'Connor.

Regards......G. L (name withheld due to confidentiality concerns--however, I certify that the above email is genuine and unsolicited)

Director, Global Forecasting
Nortel Networks

06/19/2002

Hello,
I just signed up for a membership on your website yesterday, and I'm enjoying all I've learned so far. I've had some pain-free moments already, and they've brought a tear to my eyes. Thank you.

My question is regarding the Ancillary Topics section - how do I view these on the website? When I try, I just get the non-clickable version available to non-members.

Thanks again for all that you do,
Julie J

 

RESPONSE>>> "William T. O'Connor" <woconnor@inreach.com> 06/19/02 00:10 AM >>>
I just checked it, it works fine for me. What you need to do is go to the
membership page, sign in and you will get the menu. Pick ancillary topics
then pick one of the headings that interests you. You will get that topic
in a pdf file like all the others. At least I did a few minutes ago. Try
it again and tell me which subject doesn't work. If you still have
trouble, tell me and I will look again.
WO'Connor

Thanks, that worked!

Julie J

4/16/2002

(Successive E-mails listed in reverse order)

From Ed S:

day4, 90-95% rehabilitated stiff and sore (those new manuevers are some leg workout).

will. i hurt my back on sat. morning. I called you on sunday. today monday i again did the 'routine' described below approx 3/4 times. right now 7:30 pm eastern my back feels pretty good . approx. 75-80% recovered. If it is 95-100% tomorrow , 3 days healing time is far better than 10-14 days in the past. please note. this was a serious outage which felt like an electric shock. ed

will, I'll keep my 'back' correspondace seperate from our other issues.
thanks for working with me on the phone. i again did the hula movement on the non-injury side then twisting my upper body over; but keeping my legs/knees in place then slowly inchworming to the right (injury side) then stetching my left hip 'up' while alternating my right hip (relaxing) in the hang position.
i'm still pretty tight but can do a standing circumduction with just slight discomfort but decent range of motion. I'm much straighter now. tonite i'll put something in the 'small' of my back when sleeping and we'll see tomorrow

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3/14/2002

Dr. O'Connor,

I'm very thankful to have have found your website yesterday. As I type this I can say that my lower back pain has

improved significantly. I followed your " Hanging Hip Maneuver" instructions yesterday and it seems to work. I can now

sit at my desk without that terrible pain. I have only scratched the surface as far as getting a full understanding of the

"Hanging Hip Manuver" , but I think I understand the basic concept. I will proceed with purchasing the book today and

continue the self -education process. I will keep you informed of my progress.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!

Regards

V

January 25, 2002

Dear Dr. William Thomas,

Your book has made a huge difference in my back pain. I am making great strides in taking care of my pain. The biggest help I get from your book is that your explanations and drawings have enabled me to understand what is wrong in my back. I feel that I am able to deal with it.

This is the first hope I have had for the two years of pain I've suffered.

I thank God I found your site and ordered your book. It is well worth the money.

Sincerely,

Barbara B

(Name withheld due to privacy reasons; however, I certify that the writing is a genuine, legitimate expression of graditude from a real person who benefited by The O'Connor Technique (tm). Of interest is that this woman ordered a book on January 8, 2002. Allowing a week for delivery from California to Montana, it only took her 10 days to manage her pain.)

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>January 23, 2002
Dear Dr. O'Connor,
Thanks so much for your innovative solution to this problem. This is the first time I have had a serious problem, and unfortunately didn't find your book until after it got quite bad, and I had to call the ambulance to bring me to the hospital. I am so thankful that I found your method, and now not only can I "fix" and manage the pain, but the emotional help was equally as valuable. It is, as you know, incredibly scary not knowing what is happening, and the doctor here was very vague. My instinct was to not go back to a doctor, and try and find out what was happening on my own. And the idea of a chiropractor manipulating my spine literally made me sick to my stomach. Now that I have such an improved knowledge of the anatomy and situation, my stress level has been reduced drastically. I'm sure you have heard many times over how successful this has been and how generous you have been in sharing your experience, but I wanted to express it once again. I appreciate being able to take control of my own recovery and you have made that possible. Thanks again.

Sincerely,

Nancy H (Name witheld for privacy purposes)

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Hello Dr. O'Connor,

My back is getting much better now! Thank you!

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"My back seriously "went out" in 1976.I was 25. I was playing in an indoor-basketball
league on a wood floor. I made a move to my right no one touched me. I heard a sound like a short paper rip on my lower back (right side). I couldn't get up. I had to be taken on a stretcher to a hospital. I was extremely fearful that I was paralyzed. They gave me strong drugs. I stayed in the hospital one night and someone took me home in a car. I was out of work one week and
gradually got better after 2 or 3 weeks.
Between 1976-1986 my back only went out approximately 10 times.
Between 1986 - 1991 maybe 20-25 times total in 5 years
Between 1991 to present about 50-75 times most recently monthly or BI-monthly
Since 1990 I have had 4 MRI's which showed 3 Herniated Discs and 5 Degenerated
Discs (L1 - L5) but no nerve damage.
I have been to many doctors, chiropractors, therapists etc. I have forgotten
most of the therapies I have tried they include diet, acupuncture, heat, ice/ heat,
ice stretching, weight training, chiropractic adjustment/ traction. Ultra sound, tens
machine, inversion machine, drugs. Mental (meditation) training, hamstring/abdominal
work, orthotics, reverse hyperextentions, every conventional back rehab.
My most recent therapy was deep tissue massages. I mean deep painful using a fist
and knuckles. I read an article about this therapy and made up my own technique. It
worked briefly but my back was a black and blue mess. I read so much about phisical therapy and rehabilitation, I became a certified personal trainer. I was already a tennis teaching professional. Doctors and Chiropractors always dismissed me. I could never get a straight answer. After years of seeing them I completely lost faith. One back expert (head of a prestigious New York Spine Clinic)
asked me "what do I mean when I say my back went out?" Buddy, you call
yourself an expert. I desperately needed to speak to someone who felt like
me and understood what I was talking about
Another book involving mental training described my symptoms and me perfectly and it's method
worked for almost a year. But it came back. By IT I mean I would have to crawl to the bathroom. The spasms would freeze me in my tracks and I would fall to my knees. I was bent over to my right or left side in a grotesque handicapped manner. Every day I would say, Why me? What is wrong with me? In the last 10 years my mind grew worse and worse. I even thought about suicide.
Everything evolved around my back. I feared giving tennis lessons every day.
I couldn't work out fully; my family life was severely affected. I was always moody.
In March and April 2001 I was on a good streak. I was doing the painful deep tissue massage. I was working out, but in May 2001, my back went out and usually the bout would last 7-10 days. It was now "out 2-3 weeks".
On June 1st my brother, also a tennis player, (who has a cervical problem) was searching the Internet
and found your site. He mentioned it to me. I immediately accessed it. Printed it out. Tried the circumduction (hula hoop). I ordered the book. After devouring it I narrowed it down to the basic Hip Hang. (I was very sore the first week). but in the next 4 months I became more adept at the manuvers. .I also NEVER jump out of bed , get out of a chair or car or get up from the toilet bowl without practicing DR. O"connor's support techniques. I get so mad that most things I did in my daily life were hurting me. It makes me even madder that doctors, chiropractors. and well meaning therapists were also hurting me.
But since then I have played more, did more, accomplished more than I have in the last 10 years. At 50, I played so much because I was so excited. I now have extreme fatigue but who cares. I even almost tried to throw my back out by arching and twisting my back on the serve. But my back remained solid as a rock. now, I often forget to do my maintanence manuvers but it's no problem.
I have found a cure in Dr. Oconnor. I feel vindicated . His book makes so much sense. I never gave up, but I was lucky. You need a little luck.
So how do I thank you Dr. O'conner. I guess one way is to show your techniques to others for free (but recommend they buy the book). I have been successful with several people.(even my 80 year old mother-in-law). My brother also played more tennis this year than in the last 5 years using DR. Oconnor's book.
Please Dr. Oconnor, never feel like you've worked this hard for naught. You have helped
many. With the mass communication of the internet you will help more. If some one here in the New York/New Jersey Tri state area needs help, let me know. I will be your advocate and go to them. I also hope to visit you someday soon. My family and I cannot express in words our gratitude." --Name witheld for privacy reasons

"For years, my back pain episodes were so bad that, at times, I couldn't function. With the last event, about a year ago, I was nearly bed-ridden. Within twenty minutes of trying Dr. O'Connor's technique, the severe pain was gone; and I could move freely. The next day, I returned to work, largely pain-free; and I have had no recurrences of low back pain since that time because I understand the source of the pain and followed his easily understood principles. Then, my neck suffered an auto-accident whip-lash. I couldn't turn it without extreme pain nor get relief after two visits to my HMO doctor. It dawned on me to try his book's neck pain maneuvers. During a few simple movements, I felt my neck "click," and the pain instantly resolved."
–Carolyn Anderson, R.N., CA Lic. # 491896

"Two years ago, I had back pain and considered going to a chiropractor; instead, I used Dr. O'Connor's technique. There is no doubt in my mind that it worked because the pain went away instantly. Since then, every time I get pain , I just do a "maneuver," I hear the "pop" of my back going "in," and the pain stops.
–Suzanne Gerhart, Campus Supervisor

"Having been frustrated by the problem of treating back pain as a primary care physician for over 30 years, Dr. O'Connor has made my job much easier--I simply refer the non-surgical patients to him because, if he can't make them better with his method, I doubt that anyone can. I have personally observed sufficient numbers of patients who experienced relief after being introduced to Dr. O'Connor's technique to say: I believe he has, indeed, ‘built a better mouse trap,' and the world of back pain sufferers should be ‘beating a path to his door.'"
–Samuel Whitson, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon, CA Lic. # C-7013

I personally presented Dr. O'Connor with a patient who reported three months of unremitting back pain so severe that he was caused to walk slowly, carefully, and hunched forward while taking every opportunity to support his weight by holding on to furniture. Within twenty minutes, without being touched, and simply having his movements directed by Dr. O'Connor, the patient was standing painlessly upright and repeatedly swivelling his hips like a hula dancer, describing himself as a "happy camper." As a physician trained in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with additional fellowship training in spinal cord injury, I consider myself knowledgeable of the state-of-the-art in back pain management and was literally amazed by what I witnessed. I was so convinced that The O'Connor Technique (tm) constitutes a valuable contribution to medicine that I instantly bought an autographed copy of his book.
-Augusto Sychukok, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon, CA Lic. # C-40952

 

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I recently purchased your book, "Making Your Bad Back Better,"
and I can't thank you enough -- it's been a great help to me.
I injured my lower back lifting on July 25th, and when I was
able to walk, a few days later, I began searching around on the
internet for some information on spinal anatomy to find out
what exactly I had done to myself. I found your website, and
it was the most informative of all I had seen -- I immediately
ordered the book, and it came just in time, because while I
had been on the floor, immobilized by a lower back spasm,
I was using my head & neck to shift around, and displaced
the nucleus in a cervical disc (c2-c3, I think). It bothered me
off and on and then began to get steadily worse until I was
able to re-seat it with the help of your book.

The reason for this letter is that I just tried to access your
site again, and found it to be password-protected. I don't
have a username/password that I know of, and now not
even the home page is accessible. Is this a policy change,
or an accident? If the former, why is the site no longer
viewable by the general public? I would not have been
able to purchase your book if it had been this way a month
ago.

Once again, thank you for your excellent work. I hope
your site is up again soon -- I know quite a few people
who I think would benefit.

Regards,

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P.O. Box xxxx
Torrance, CA 90505

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Comments:

I am 18 years old and I thought I wold never get back pain until the age of 100 (then again all 18 year olds think that they are invincible). Anyway the other day I experienced the most excrutiating pain in my middle back and so I turned to the internet trying to find a possible solution to this back pain. Well well well, what did I discover but this most extraordinary technique that has cured my back pain (hopefully for good)
thanks for everything!!
signed Jaxxxxx

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Dr. O'Connor,
I got the book before the weekend and have been reading it and practicing
the manuevers. I really want to thank you for what you have done. I now have
a rational basis for my symptoms and an effective way to resolve acute
discogenic pain, plus some excellent strategies for avoidance of risky
movements and postures. I feel very empowered now. My pain was already
subsiding by the time I got the book, but I still had occcasional subacute
stabs which shifted from right to left to right, and back to low center. I
found I was able to abolish those episodes effectively with appropriate
manuevers. One of the greatest benefits I experience is to notice that I can
now prevent the still present tendency for pain on getting up from sitting.
If I (reference to proprietary information made here which requires a subscription or purchase of book to acquire) no stiffness, no more temporary inability to
straighten up. I still have some soreness centrally in the lumbosacral area
accompanied by mild tenderness to pressure.
I almost look forward to my next acute episode!
My main concern now is how to alter my golf swing so as to reduce the
tendency to disc displacement. I am a moderately good golfer ( and tennis
player) and I like to study the mechanics of the game, so I hope I will be
able to continue playing by paying attention to your principles.
What sort of reception do you get from so-called back experts-orthopedists,
neurosurgeons, chiropractors, physical therapists? Have you spoken at any
clinical/scientific meetings?
I would suggest that you add an index in your next edition of the book. The
book is very detailed, but I find that I am now clear about most manuevers.
I look forward to increasing my ability to (reference to proprietary information made here which requires a subscription or purchase of book to acquire)-for instance, I have (reference to proprietary information made here which requires a subscription or purchase of book to acquire) the erector spinae muscles.
By the way, I assume that you would advise against the use of a product
called the "back builder" which I came across also on the internet. It
involves an apparatus which purports to allow you isolate the lumbar
extensors, but has the user in a weight-bearing flexion position from where
the back is then extended.
Where do you get the (reference to proprietary information made here which requires a subscription or purchase of book to acquire) lumbar support?
Do you recommend any particular brand of mattress? I think it is time for a
new one.
Have you considered making a video to demonstrate your manuevers?
This is a long message. The short version is simply, "THANKS"!
John O'Bxxxxx (full name withheld since permission not requested; however, statement's author's name is kept on file and proof of its authenticity can be obtained if necessary)

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I am a practicing neurosurgeon and stumbled onto your site. I personally agree with a lot of your theories. Are you a primary care MD and where did you get your knowledge of chiropracty?
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